I read a lot about speed skating related questions here....and bearing in mind that there are NO skating rinks (aside from ice rinks) within 90 plus miles from here....I wonder this.....

When I think of speed skating I think of a movie that was made by Disney in where the lead lady was part time speed skater and I think the movie might have been the Shaggy D.A. but I am not sure. Anyway, she belonged to a team and they basically knocked as many opposing players down as possible.
So is this speed skating? Or is it a rink that is designed to skate very fast around and around with no knocking people down? Is speed skating something offered at all rinks or just very few or is something that has to have its own rink?
It sounds interesting and something I would love to look into but the rinks that are closest to me - again 90 miles away - are just kiddie happy birthday sort of rinks.
Any info would be great!

Nope, no knocking each other down in speed skating (at least you're not supposed to!)...

You may be thinking of roller derby.

Most speed skating these days is done on inline speed skates (although it's done on quads too). There is both indoor and outdoor speed skating. It's basically like a running race or bicycle race (no purposely knocking each other over). Indoor is on an oval track--either a special track or a rink that is set up for it--and outdoor is generally done as a road race (or could be an outdoor track or velodrome type).